on Thursday night.

One has been recovered after the thief -- or thieves -- dropped it in Saltus Grammar School's field but the others are still missing.

And Corporation secretary Roger Sherratt is appealing to anyone who knows of the whereabouts of the trees to contact the Corporation or Police as soon as possible.

He said he expected that the person -- or people -- who took the trees would likely try to sell or give them away so he hoped people would be on the lookout for them.

Mr. Sherratt said it appeared that the thief -- or thieves -- drove a van or truck onto the field at Saltus which adjoins the Corporation's nursery and took away the trees.

NEW HOMES ANSWER NEEDED HSG New homes answer need New three-bedroom homes are to be built on a site in Hamilton -- fulfilling a need within the community.

The Somers Development Company hope to have the three homes on Green Bay Drive ready for the early summer. They are added to a development that already has three similar sized houses for sale.

Planning permission was granted for the building and a company spokesman said it would take four to five months to have the homes ready.